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To: Win Smith who started this subject	1/30/2003 5:31:48 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 603

Hi all; South Korean Major kills South Korean Captain in Afghanistan: Army Major Kills Another Officer Afghanistan Yahoo, January 29, 2003 A South Korean army major on peacekeeping duties in Afghanistan (news - web sites) accidentally shot dead a junior officer in an row over his telephone manner, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. It was the first time a South Korean soldier has been killed on an overseas mission since the Vietnam War. Major Lee Kyu-sang, 37, fired at Captain Kim Hyo-sung, 33, in their barracks near Bagram Air Base north of the capital, Kabul, Tuesday when the captain refused an order to speak quietly on the telephone while Lee was discussing the leasing of construction equipment with some Afghans, the spokesman said. "It looks as if the major didn't know his gun was loaded and shot the captain by mistake," he said. ... news.yahoo.com -- Carl P.S. Somewhere I recently saw a blog or post where someone was saying that the most hot-headed people he'd ever met were South Korean officers, or a SK officer.

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